How Long, Shirlene
Many years have stealthily slipped
Since that first time we met.
Can you recall the circumstances?
Or has mind chosen to forget?
For sure some shadowy water
Under time's bridge has flowed.
Have your steps, like mine,
Become deliberate and slowed.
Has the hair that once was brown
Become teased with wisps of gray?
Have our long ago conversations
Become lost memories of today?
You were young and independent
With a heart unlike the weather.
While chosen paths caused a parting
God's love has us back together.
The years have chanced me to reflect
And one thought have i held true.
Casual friends aren't meant to last
But true friendships always do.
As I re-embrace this friendship
From life's lessons, Lord, let me learn.
That what I put into our friendship
Determines the friend found in return.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2008
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